you are using it extremely well. >> are the useful idiots? but they have let the republican party allowed to be elected in the two-party. >> the thing is, we're preconditions to expect, and yet, useful idiots in the democratic party. yet, shock, horror with the republicans. they have been fairly cohesive and have been able to go to the country club in sort matters out. >> that is true. there are liberal conservatives, conservatives you can deal with. >> conservatism began its change, i think, after ronald reagan and margaret thatcher. that was lines in winter, after which there were different. conservatives were different. i doubt anything works to get back to that. >> let me make two observations. one is that there is no correlation between the success or a genius of politicians and their curriculum or the things that impress us as journalists. the best example of that is ronald reagan, the great actor who went to eureka college and was a movie actor, who will now recognize, even if you did not agree with him, but he was a formidable politic